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Well anyone who beats Michael Van Gerwen comfortably two nights running deserves to be champion!
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Well done Taylor fully desverd now on to the world Grand Prix
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MVG won all 3 players championships this week so he is bang in form
Anyway apart from an average final it was fantastic. |
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Bloody hell, just when you think he's done the old git bounces back yet again.
But enough about Mr. Pitkin- what a performance that was from Philip. I despise the bloke but he has been the best player by a mile this weekend and thoroughly deserves it. |
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Bloody hell, just when you think he's done the old git bounces back yet again.
But enough about Mr. Pitkin- what a performance that was from Philip. I despise the bloke but he has been the best player by a mile this weekend and thoroughly deserves it. |
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That's quite a significant victory for Taylor.
So many people think he's past his best and yet he's gone into a tournament against the seven other best players in the world - and a final against the best player in the world - and he's seen them off in fairly untroubled fashion, you have to say. He's played and won five long course matches in a weekend and he's done it within the biggest shop window the PDC has ever had, provided by the BBC. Quite the confidence boost going into the Grand Prix, GSOD and the Worlds. |
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Yeah really funny that Paul, taking the piss out of Mike Gregory.
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Mike Gregory look at what you could have won
lol was that bulleyes reference
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Well done Phil
Is there one tournament that he has never won I am sure he has won every PDC major. But in the BDO he won the worlds, the masters and the World Darts Trophy. Only one he didnt win was the International League. |
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Well anyone who beats Michael Van Gerwen comfortably two nights running deserves to be champion!
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I have to say that Paul Nicholson has been a great pundit this week
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I have to say that Paul Nicholson has been a great pundit this week
Jason Mohammed was solid and professional and asked relevant questions, as did that Caroline lady who did the interviews, and Nicholson and Webster provided good insight and analysis - particularly in those sections in the match breaks where they threw at the board in the studio. The actual match coverage and spotting was a little slipshod at times but as I said yesterday, I thought it was perfectly acceptable when you consider that the sheer speed of the action was a world away from what the BBC ever had to cover at Lakeside. As I said earlier, though, did the tournament give the BBC enough to convince them to cover PDC events on a more lasting basis or was it just an experiment that they'll now back out of? They did give the tournament an awful lot of promotion and airtime over the last few days so wonder whether they wanted a good immediate return - or have the mindset that it needs to be "built up" and given longer exposure to the viewers first. One way or another, I imagine there'll be a few people at PDC HQ nervously waiting for the viewing figures to come through tomorrow. |
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Caroline seemed a bit of a bruiser
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Caroline Barker was excellent. Great interviewer, not just a 'dolly' like on Sky
Even Alan Warriner Little was good and he usually annoys me on ITV |
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As I said earlier, though, did the tournament give the BBC enough to convince them to cover PDC events on a more lasting basis or was it just an experiment that they'll now back out of?. |
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The BBC commentary was excellent, mind you anything is better than listening to that buffoon Wayne Mardle and his pro Taylor shouting during games
Sid Waddell got away with it because he was the original, but even he become tiresome |
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I enjoyed the darts this weekend. So good having it on the BBC without ads.
Paul and Mark were very good team members as well. Wanted a bit more of a fight from MVG in the final but it was still good. |
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I enjoyed the darts this weekend. So good having it on the BBC without ads.
Paul and Mark were very good team members as well. Wanted a bit more of a fight from MVG in the final but it was still good. The other thing that really didn't work for me was the artificial pause in John Macdonald's flow whilst we saw the pics. of the players. He's probably the best MC in the business and it didn't do anything to help the build up. Paul Nicholson and Alan Warriner-Little were both excellent - I was slightly surprised, perhaps also relieved, that the BBC didn't wheel in Richard Osman to present!! |
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out of interest, Peter Manley was on fighting talk last Saturday. very funny.
A very funny Viagra joke. BBC fivelive podcasts |
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Caroline Barker was excellent. Great interviewer, not just a 'dolly' like on Sky
Even Alan Warriner Little was good and he usually annoys me on ITV All in all, I thought the BBC's coverage was really good. The Welsh presenter and Nicholson were really good, thought Webster looked a little uncomfortable at times though. Excellent commentary too, well done the Beeb bet they're glad they aren't covering the abysmally poor quality BDO darts anymore too. |
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Taylor got to pay ex wife
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/late...illion-fortune |
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Do we know viewing figures for pdc darts on bbc?
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Do we know viewing figures for pdc darts on bbc?
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Webster really has fallen down the rankings, semi finalist last year, this year he doesn't even get a sniff.
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Webster really has fallen down the rankings, semi finalist last year, this year he doesn't even get a sniff.
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